Fraimic wants to turn AI art into something you can put on your wall, rather than forgotten images somewhere in your phone's gallery. And honestly? That's a pretty neat idea.
Category: Around The Home, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: E Ink, E-Ink, AI Art and Music, Creative AI, Home decor, Reviews
The US Army has selected three vendors to boost the service's night vision system into the 21st century by replacing the legacy system from over 20 years ago with the next-generation Binocular Night Observation Device (BiNOD).
Category: Military, Engineering
Tags: elbit, Night Vision, US Army
After announcing last month that it had become the first Chinese lens manufacturer to create a full-frame autofocus zoom lens, this week Thypoch fully revealed its Voyager 24-50mm F2.8 lens for E-mount. The most eye-catching spec was probably its price: $649.
We were able to spend some time with the lens before it launched, shooting it in a variety of scenarios to see how it performs. You can check out our full coverage to read our impressions, but if you want to see for yourself, check out the gallery below.
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Sample galleryThis widget is not optimized for RSS feed readers. Click here to open it in a new browser window / tab.Thank you to Sony for the loan of an a7R V to capture this gallery. All images were processed using our standard lens workflow in Capture One, with no vignetting correction applied.
Rugged phones are not for everyone. They're generally huge and heavy, though most come with a long-life battery and all can withstand a beating. A relatively new name in the space has gone mini for a tough cookie that's also an actioncam.
Category: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Rugged, smartphones, Actioncam, Compact
Just when modern EVs are starting to feel like interchangeable tech pods on wheels, Renault has decided to bring a little romance back into the equation. The newly revealed open-top version of the Renault 4 E-Tech takes the retro-inspired electric hatch and gives it something the EV world desperately lacks these days – personality.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Renault, Convertible, Electric Vehicles, MINI, Fiat, Citroen
Norton Motorcycles’ comeback has been a long-documented story. The company has spent the better part of the last decade feeling like one of motorcycling’s great cautionary tales. Once a legendary British marque synonymous with Isle of Man glory and café-racer culture, the company disappeared into administration by 2020.
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Norton Motorcycle, Superbike, V4, BMW Motorrad, Ducati, Supersports, TVS Motor
Back in the olden days of the previous millennium, long before the digital revolution compressed entire albums and even movies into ultra-high-fidelity files that users could download in seconds, hundreds of millions of people relied on physical tape to store albums on cassettes (or 8-tracks) and video on low-resolution VHS cassettes.
Category: Computing, Consumer Tech, Technology
Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Memory, Tape, Adhesive
Unitree has just gone and made many a kid-at-heart's wildest dream come true. The Chinese robotics firm has created the GD01, a functional mecha suit that you can hop into and walk about on two legs or four.
Category: Robotics, Engineering
Tags: Unitree, Future Robot
This week, Sony announced the a7R VI, the latest entry in its lineup of full-frame cameras focused on maximum resolution and image quality. We were able to spend some time shooting a variety of subjects with it: portraits, wildlife, landscapes (of course) and even some action to really test the speed and capability of its stacked sensor and AF algorithms.
So far, we've been quite impressed with the detail this camera captures, both in our samples and in our studio scene. But this sensor's resolution is only part of the story, as Sony also says it sets a benchmark for dynamic range performance in its lineup. However, we'll have to wait until we can edit its Raw files before we can test and illustrate that, so keep an eye out for some Adobe Camera Raw conversions in this gallery once support becomes available.
Sample galleryThis widget is not optimized for RSS feed readers. Click here to open it in a new browser window / tab.If you think that the Rivian R1S is just the SUV version of the R1T pickup, you’re right. That doesn’t change how great it is. Mostly.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Tags: Rivian, SUV, Reviews, Electric Vehicles
Few of us enjoy the dentist – but next time you're in the chair, think about how lucky you are not to have been visiting a Neanderthal tooth doctor. New research on a single tooth from a Russian cave has found that its center is marked with the kind of grooves made by stone tools used as rudimentary drills.
Category: Archaeology, Science
Tags: Archeology, Neanderthal, ancient, Russia, Teeth, Tools
One of the world’s most dangerous birds may carry signals invisible to the human eye.
Tags: Birds, Australia, Animal science, Animals, Ultra-violet, Signal, Wildlife, Evolution, Behavior
It's been close to two years since Red Bull revealed the RB17, a low-slung aerodynamic hypercar teased as capable of generating nearly twice its own weight in downforce. Now, in 2026, we’re not too far away from the real thing.
Category: Automotive, Transport
Airstream trailers boast a lot of positives, but "cheap" and "lightweight" are not typically among them. In fact, we never expected to use those two terms in an Airstream description, but the new World Traveler trailer is in fact designed as a lighter, more affordable Airstream travel trailer option. True, it carries the big asterisk of being light and cheap *for an Airstream, but it does demonstrate clearly that the iconic Silver Bullet badge is continuing to adapt its near-century-old design to the changing trends of modern times.
Category: Camping Trailers, Adventure Vehicles, Outdoors
Tags: Airstream, Caravan, trailers, RV, Camping, Outdoors and Camping
All right, I admit it, I have a thing for affordable off-road electric motorcycles. There’s just something about a battery-powered, inexpensive dual sport that’s quiet, filled with torque, and almost as light as a lawn mower. Heck yeah!
Category: Motorcycles, Transport
Tags: Juiced Bikes, Electric Motorcycles, Off-road, Dirt Bikes, Sur-Ron, Segway, ebikes
Bicycle tail lights have a way of playing second fiddle to their brighter, more interesting headlight siblings. We're sure you'll agree, however, that the Hi-Tail is one tall, telescoping tail light that definitely won't be "outshined."
Tags: bike lights, Cycling, Road Safety
The Cabarita tiny house strikes a nice balance between spaciousness and portability. Designed for small families or full-time downsizers wanting a little extra space, the home features a light-filled and open interior with two bedrooms.
Category: Tiny Houses, Outdoors
Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home
With its use of the latest AF algorithms and its ability to shoot at 30 frames per second, the new Sony a7R VI looks a lot like a higher-resolution, more affordable rival to the company's own a1 II, pro sports model.
However, having dug a little deeper and taken it pitchside to shoot some sports, that's not the reality at all.
On paper, both the a1 II and the a7R VI are high-resolution cameras with Stacked CMOS sensors that shoot at up to 30 frames per second. But, even though the a7R VI has a pretty deep buffer and accepts the same memory cards as the a1 II, out in the real world, the difference is pronounced.
In the real world, the difference is pronouncedMuch of the difference comes from the fact that Stacked CMOS sensors aren't all the same. Sony's a1 and a9 series cameras' sensors have DRAM built into the back of their sensors to buffer the large amount of data that's coming off their chips. Meanwhile, from what we've heard, Nikon's sensors have the circuitry for dual readout streams: one for high quality image data and the other to minimize viewfinder latency.
The a7R VI's sensor's second layer is described as 'processing circuitry,' which we suspect includes its ability to merge the data from the low and high gain modes of its pixels, underpinning its higher DR. So, while the a7R VI's readout is quick, especially when compared with its predecessor's, it's not as rapid as the Nikon Z8, Canon EOS R5 II or the Sony a1 II.
The view from the sidelinesIn practice you encounter the speed difference in a number of areas. With pre-capture mode engaged, in an attempt to compensate for our non-pro reaction times, we noticed the a7R VI developed a distinct lag or choppyness to its viewfinder refresh that isn't present in the a1 II.
AutofocusWe also noticed that the autofocus performance didn't quite seem as immediate or dependable as when we took the a1 II to a rugby game, as part of our review testing. It's still very good, but good for a high res camera, rather than giving the 'I have no doubt this is the best they can deliver' confidence that using a top-end, sports-focused camera can give.
In our briefing with Sony, we were told the a7R VI is able to conduct autofocus and autoexposure calculations at "up to 60 times per second," whereas the a1 II can conduct twice as many. The 60 vs 120fps distinction might account for some of the autofocus differences we experienced when really pushing the camera, but the phrase "up to" seems pertinent, too. Given the a7R VI takes 1/50th of a second to read out each frame in e-shutter mode, we suspect it can't maintain 60fps updates to the AF system in pre-capture mode, because it's trying to capture full-res images at the same time.
Rolling shutter The a7R VI's rolling shutter is around five times faster than its predecessor but still about 5 times slower than the a1 II.In addition, the significantly slower rolling shutter of the a7R VI, compared with the a1 II starts to make itself apparent in some of the actions shots we took. For most work, a sub 20ms (1/50 sec) readout speed is quick enough not to be a problem, but photographing a sport that can feature plenty of fast lateral motion means that panning the camera to follow the action can result in some recognizably warped images.
Hardware differencesDig deeper into the a1 II's specs and you start to find other distinctions, such as the provision of an Ethernet port for rapid offload of images, which some pro sports applications require. Likewise the a7R VI lacks the a1 II's comfier grip and front-mounted custom button, which makes the Speed Boost function that both models share, much easier to use in conjunction with back-button focus.
The a7R VI doesn't have a C5 button on its front plate, as the a1 II (pictured) does. This is well placed for activating the Speed Boost function, when you're already using your index finger on the shutter and thumb back-button focusing.
Photo: Mitchell Clark
Then there are the a1 II's locking drive/burst mode and AF mode dials, which the a7R VI lacks, relagating those settings to the menus. Little differences that add up if you only have a couple of seconds to adjust your camera's setup. And they're the differences that professionals have requested and that explain why Sony charges unapologetically pro prices for the a1 II.
Overall, these performance difference added up to make clear why Sony doesn't list sports as one of the intended uses of the a7R VI. Instead its newfound speed is designed to expand from its studio and landscape hinterland, reinforce its credentials for weddings and events, and lend itself to some wildlife work. But Sony isn't omitting sports from the list just to protect a1 II sales.
Then again, it's no criticism of what isn't supposed to be a sports photography model that it can't match up to Sony's $7000 pro sports camera.
We've reached the end of a week jam-packed with announcements from Canon, Sony, Panasonic and others. There's actually so much camera news that it'd be hard to cover it all in a single discussion, so in this video the DPReview crew is talking about the Sony a7R VI and FE 100-400mm F4.5 GM OSS, and the Canon EOS R6 V and its kit 20-50mm F4 L IS USM PZ lens.
For those who want to hear our thoughts on the Panasonic L10, stay tuned; we'll have an episode coming soon talking about our feelings on it, after we've had some time to form our impressions.
As the saying goes, money can't buy happiness. That logic tracks in photography, too: the latest gear does not make an excellent photographer. Or, in Alli Forsythe's case, it might not provide the creative drive to inspire work that truly excites you.
In our latest episode of ISO: Camera Upgrades on a Budget, produced in partnership with MPB, Forsythe decided that her kit, owing to her professional relationship with Nikon, was pretty much perfect. So rather than chasing the next upgrade in search of creative inspiration – a futile pursuit, she realized – she decided to inject a new challenge into her workflow instead.
Forsythe had always been captivated by the cinematic look anamorphic lenses create in videos, so she devised an experiment: what would it be like to shoot a series of still photos on anamorphic?
After poking around the DPReview archives, Forsythe identified a set of Sirui lenses before jumping to MPB to trade in some of her lesser-used glass and offset the cost of the anamorphics.
Check out the video above to see the results.
If you have gear collecting dust on a shelf or you're simply looking for something new-to-you, head over to MPB to upgrade your kit today.
